Two West Virginia corrections officers have pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from the fatal beating of an inmate
Two West Virginia corrections officers pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from the fatal beating of an inmate in a case that has brought scrutiny to conditions and deaths at the jail. Southern Regional Jail officers Andrew Fleshman and Steven Wimmer entered the pleas during separate hearings in U.S. District Court in Beckley. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Their sentencings have been set for Feb. 22.
The state medical examiner's office attributed Burks’ primary cause of death to natural causes, prompting the family to have a private autopsy conducted. The family's attorney revealed at a news conference last year that the second autopsy found the inmate had multiple areas of blunt force trauma on his body.
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